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-# Connecting Statement:
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-The man of God continues to speak to Eli.
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 # Why, then, do you scorn my sacrifices ... live?
 
-This rhetorical question is a rebuke. It can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "You should not scorn my sacrifices ... where I live." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
+"You should not scorn my sacrifices ... where I live." 
 
 # the place where I live